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A63618 A letter of enquiry to the reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus written in the person of a dissatisfied Roman Catholick. Taylor, James, fl. 1687-1689. 1689 (1689) Wing T284; ESTC R10414 40,744 50

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here 's something of Trick and Artifice in this Doctrine and Practice But I humbly enquire of you What is the true and honest account and reason of this whole Matter What proof from Scripture or what authority from prime Antiquity for this Practice Quere V. Pray Reverend Fathers What 's the meaning of that Prayer which the Bishop uses in Blessing and Consecrating a New Cross found in the Pontifical viz. We pray thee O Lord c. that thou wouldst vouchsafe to bless this Wood of thy Cross that it may be a wholsome Remedy to Mankind a stability of Faith an increase of Good Works the Redemption of Souls a comfort protection and defence against the evil Darts of the Enemies through our Lord c. And also of that Hymn or Prayer found in the Brev. Sab. ante Domin Pass Fest invent Crucis Hail O Cross our only hope increase Grace in the Godly and blot out the Sins of the Guilty I profess Reverend Fathers these two Prayers infinitely trouble my mind for I cannot for my life understand but that we make the material Wooden Cross an Object of Divine Worship and directly pray unto it or else that these Prayers are perfect nonfence But be pleas'd to let me ask you a few Questions After the Bishop has pray'd Bless this Wood is the Cross still natural Wood and the same it was before or is its nature chang'd and alter'd and is there some Virtue and Excellency communicated to it Else What means these Words Bless this Wood Do we pray unto and Worship this Cross or that on which our B. Saviour was Crucified But let it be which it will Is it not gross Idolatry to make either of them the Object of Adoration and directly to pray to either of them If we say that we do not pray to either of them nor make either of them the Object of Adoration but Jesus Christ who suffre'd upon the Cross then where 's the sence of this Prayer Bless this Wood c. and Hail O Cross c. What an unhappiness is this And would not any rational Man think the Composers of our Prayers and the Church too were both of them constantly infatuated to make choice of such Words and Expressions in their Prayers to GOD and our B. Saviour that to take and understand them in the sence and meaning of the Composers and of the Church we must do violence to all the Rules of Grammer and to the plain and natural and generally receiv'd sence and meaning of Words and Speech Quere VI. I enquire Reverend Fathers Whether our distinguishing and saying we do not give Divine Worship terminatively but relatively and transiently to a Crucifix or to Images c. will save us from Idolatry any more than it did the Heathens in their Worship of the Sun and wooden Images And whether the same Plea if it will excuse us from gross Idolatry might not as well excuse them viz. That we do not Worship that Crucifix or that Image c. which we see and pray before but him who suffer'd on 't or him whom it represents so they We do not Worship the Sun or this Image or Statue but him who Created the Sun and the Great GOD by this Image and this Statue SECT V. Quere I. PRay Reverend Fathers What is the reason why anciently the People of our Church us'd to pray thus Grant unto us O Lord that this Oblation may profit the Soul of thy Servant Leo And that afterwards this contrary Form was us'd Grant unto us O Lord that by the Interest of thy Servant Leo this Oblation may profit us Was Leo one of our Popes and a Saint in Purgatory when the first Form was us'd And was he out of Purgatory and in Heaven when the Second Form was us'd What Infallible Assurance have we that any Soul is releas'd out of Purgatory and in particular that he is now out of Purgatory And if we have not How come we to use this last Form of Prayer But pray Reverend Fathers deal ingenuously with me Do Glorious Saints Canoniz'd and Reigning in Heaven use to pass through Purgatory fire Was St. Monica St. Austin's Mother in Purgatory Can ye prove she was there Or do ye think and can ye prove that St. Austin believ'd her there when he pray'd for her And if she was not in Purgatory Does it not prove that the Ancients us'd to pray for the Dead which yet they did not believe in Purgatory Why then do we pray for none but those we believe in Purgatory Where is our Conformity to the Belief and Practice of the Ancients in this matter Quere II. Does our Church Reverend Fathers teach That all Souls none excepted who are so happy to be saved must and do pass through the Fire of Purgatory If she does and likewise that our Prayers c. do help them How can we in Charity justifie our constant Custom of not praying for the Departed Souls of Protestants Do we believe that the Protestants living and dying such are not finally saved but damn'd Does not this sound harsh to Christian Charity And does not this our neglect of offering up Prayers and saying Masses for their Souls openly declare to the World our uncharitableness And that we believe the Soul of every Person living and dying in the Reform'd Religion is damn'd since we never fail of offering up Prayers and Masses for those Souls of whom we have the least hope of Salvation Quere III. Do not you Reverend Fathers reckon the Reformed Religion to be Christian Why then do ye teach us to think and call it a New Religion Are the Three Creeds the Ten Commandments the Lords Prayer and the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament New And yet I am pretty well assur'd these are the Foundation and contain the whole of their Religion Why then do ye ask them and teach us to do so Where was your Religion before Luther Where 's the Justice and the Truth of this Is it not plain that GOD and our B. Saviour are the Authors of this Religion But Reverend Fathers What if they should ask us as sometime I have been askt without being able to answer a word Where was your Religion before the Council of Trent what should I say For my part I have lookt till my eyes are weary and cannot find a word either in the Three Creeds the Ten Commandments the Lord's Prayer or the Holy Scriptures that our Saviour has forbid us to Receive the Communion in Both Kinds that the Bread and Wine by Virtue of the Priest's saying Hoc est c. is transubstantiated into the very natural Flesh Blood Bones and Sinews and the Soul and Divinity of our Dear Saviour that we must Pray to GOD in a Language we understand not that Saints and Angels are to be Worshipp'd with Religious Worship that Mens Souls go to Purgatory before they go to Heaven that the Pope of Rome is Christ's Vicar and that